Rice science

Rice science

Of or relating to the science of rice cultivation.

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Major gene resistance

Agriculture; Rice science

Resistance in which genes show clear-cut and discrete segregation in the F2 or later generations of crosses between resistant and susceptible parents. Effects are thus qualitative.

Maintenance application

Agriculture; Rice science

Application of fertiliser materials in amounts and at intervals to ensure a certain minimum level of an available nutrient.

Median

Agriculture; Rice science

The middle observation in a set of data such that half of the observations are larger and half smaller than it.

Mechanisms of resistance

Agriculture; Rice science

Processes involved in the resistance of a plant to an insect, including nonpreference, antibiosis, and tolerance.

Mechanical weeding

Agriculture; Rice science

Removing weeds with the use of a mechanised interrow cultivator or other machines.

Mature grain

Agriculture; Rice science

The stage when the rice grains in the panicle are yellow, fully developed, hard, and capable of sprouting.

A breeding method wherein a large number of plants having the desirable traits are harvested individually from a standing crop. The seeds from all selections are then bulked. From the bulk, a seed ...